Petteri Forsell

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Petteri Forsell
Petteri Forsell August 8 2013.jpg
Petteri Forsell in 2013.
Personal information
Full name Jani Petteri Forsell[1]
Date of birth (1990-10-16) 16 October 1990 (age 31)
Place of birth Kokkola, Finland[2]
Height 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Stal Mielec
Number 17
Youth career
KPV
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2008 KPV 23 (2)
2009 VPS 12 (1)
2010–2012 IFK Mariehamn 52 (18)
2012–2013 Bursaspor 2 (0)
2013 → IFK Mariehamn (loan) 8 (4)
2014–2015 IFK Mariehamn 48 (14)
2016–2017 Miedź Legnica 44 (17)
2017 Örebro SK 8 (0)
2018–2019 Miedź Legnica 51 (14)
2019 → HJK (loan) 9 (1)
2020 Korona Kielce 14 (4)
2020–2021 Stal Mielec 26 (1)
2021– FC Inter Turku 1 (0)
National team‡
2011–2012 Finland U21 6 (1)
2013– Finland 10 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 February 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 June 2020

Jani Petteri Forsell (born 16 October 1990) is a Finnish footballer who plays for Veikkausliiga club FC Inter Turku.

Career[]

After starting his career with the local KPV, Forsell was signed by a near Veikkausliiga side VPS in 2009. After struggling to make it in the match squads at Vaasa, he left after only one season, switching to a fellow Veikkausliiga side, IFK Mariehamn. At Mariehamn, he began appear more regularly and soon attracted the attention of much bigger clubs in and outside of Finland. On 9 August 2012 he was selected as the player of the month, for July.[3]

On 5 August 2012, it was announced that Forsell had signed with Turkish top flight club Bursaspor.[4] He was handed the number #7 shirt, for the upcoming season. Forsell made his debut for Bursaspor as a substitute on 23 August in a Europa League qualifying match against FC Twente.

Forsell was selected as the Ekstraklasa Player of the Month for September 2018. Forsell was the first ever player from Miedź Legnica to win the award and the first player to win it in his rookie year.[5]

On 10 August 2019, Forsell scored one and gave two assists in a 4–0 win against FC Lahti on his league debut for HJK.[6]

International goals[]

Scores and results list Finland's goal tally first.[7]
Goal Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 6 February 2013 Netanya Stadium, Netanya, Israel  Israel 1–1 1–2 Friendly

References[]

  1. ^ "JANİ PETTERİ FORSELL - Player Details TFF". TFF.org. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Mina Vänner 2011: Petteri Forsell". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
  3. ^ Petteri Forsell Veikkausliigan heinäkuun pelaaja (Petteri Forsell Veikkausliiga's player of the month for July) Archived 30 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine; Veikkausliiga.com - 9.8.2012 (in Finnish)
  4. ^ Petteri Forsellin Bursaspor-siirto varmistui (Petter Forsell's transfer to Bursaspor goes through); Ilta-Sanomat, 5.8.2012 (in Finnish)
  5. ^ Petteri Forsell Piłkarzem Września 2018; EkstraKlasa, 10.10.2018 (in Polish)
  6. ^ "HJK vs. Lahti 4 - 0". Soccerway. Retrieved 11 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Forsell, Petteri". National Football Teams. Retrieved 14 December 2016.

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